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CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FACING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA
Editor: Marekwa Wilfred Legotlo ISBN: 978-0-7983-0460-3 Size: 240mm x 170mm Extent: 286 Pages
Price: TBA Availability: April 2014 Published: AISA
The quality of education is pivotal for the production of human capital and this cannot be compromised by failing to refocus on the quality of education offered in schools.
The inputs in the system such as trained and motivated teachers, buildings and classrooms including sanitation, clean water, instructional material such as textbooks, as well as strong leadership with vision to steer the winds of change are important in providing the desired outcomes.
The chapters in this volume are broadly divided into three subsections as follows:
• learner related issues (farm and rural schools, poverty and schooling, school violence, and students rights);
• teacher related issues (teacher morale and motivation, teachers for all schools, management needs of school principals); and
• administrative / policy related issues (inclusive education, and school community relations).
The social demand for better schools, effective principals, qualified and committed teachers and better opportunities for all place a huge challenge to provinces and the state to protect
the rights of all citizens. This volume sets out the challenges facing the education system in South Africa, such as poor school infrastructure, poor learning conditions, and a lack of learning materials and provides recommendations on how some of these can be overcome.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 Orientation
Marekwa Wilfred Legotlo CHAPTER 2
Rural Schools in South Africa: issues and challenges Monde Ndandani
CHAPTER 3
Farm Schools in South Africa: issues and challenges Kenalemang Benjamin Molokoe and Monde Ndandani CHAPTER 4
Schooling and poverty in South Africa Monde Ndandani
CHAPTER 5
Learner rights and challenges in public schools Almon Shumba
CHAPTER 6
School violence in South Africa
Maliabeng Historina Behle and Hlengiwe Sehlapelo CHAPTER 7
Educator motivation and morale in South Africa Regis Chireshe and Alfred Makura
CHAPTER 8
All educators for all schools: a case study of teaching practice by student-educators at Mafikeng Campus of North-West University
Monde Ndandani
CHAPTER 9
Challenges in the implementation of inclusive education Ellen Kakhuta Materechera
CHAPTER 10
Communities’ contribution to school success or failure Ratau John Monobe and Nnior Machomi Morake
CHAPTER 11
Management development needs for school principals Isaac Ramoloko Mathibe and Marekwa Wilfred Legotlo CHAPTER 12
Summary of recommendations Marekwa Wilfred Legotlo
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